Serves trigger-happy cops right.
"Police: Virginia deputy shot daughter, crashed car" Associated Press August 16, 2014
WINCHESTER, Va. — A Virginia deputy sheriff shot his 16-year-old daughter after mistaking her for an intruder, then crashed his car as he rushed her to the hospital, authorities said.
I see. It's okay for cops to shoot intruders, but try it yourself and see what happens.
The teenager was in stable condition at a Winchester hospital, according to media reports.
Captain Donnie Lang of the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said a security alarm sounded at about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Winchester home of Easton McDonald, a sergeant with the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. He said McDonald, responding to the alarm, saw the dark shape of a person advancing through the garage door and fired.
‘‘He figured someone had broken into the garage, and his family was upstairs asleep,’’ Lang said.
Armed with his privately owned gun — not his service weapon — McDonald fired, Lang said.
Emergency responders went to the scene of the crash and took McDonald’s daughter to the hospital. McDonald, a 13-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, was placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation.
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